Phoenix

Phoenix is an American crime film directed by Briton Danny Cannon in 1998. Unlike many of his Phoenix police detective partners, Harry Collins (Ray Liotta) is a good cop and, despite his very idiosyncratic value system, a decent man. However his compulsive gambling has got him heavily in debt to a gangster bookie (Tom Noonan). Refusing to Welsh on a bet, and with only 48 hours to pay his debt, Harry is offered a deal: murder Joey, a young prisone... more

Phoenix is an American crime film directed by Briton Danny Cannon in 1998. Unlike many of his Phoenix police detective partners, Harry Collins (Ray Liotta) is a good cop and, despite his very idiosyncratic value system, a decent man. However his compulsive gambling has got him heavily in debt to a gangster bookie (Tom Noonan). Refusing to Welsh on a bet, and with only 48 hours to pay his debt, Harry is offered a deal: murder Joey, a young prisoner (Giovanni Ribisi) who may provide the police with information about the bookie, and the debt will be written off. Harry can not contemplate such action and prefers to offer Joey some potentially life-saving advice: “You never rat out anyone… It doesn't pay in the long run”. When Harry's corrupt partner Mike (Anthony LaPaglia) finds out his predicament he volunteers to kill the bookie but Harry dismisses the offer saying he’ll “never betray a friend”. Instead, Harry comes up with a plan to rob Louie the loan shark (Giancarlo Esposito), who... less